In New York, two people died when a three-story building collapsed.
17 residents were injured, seven of them children, according to the fire service.
They added that the emergency happened in Brooklyn.
"There was a complete collapse of a three-story residential building into a pit at a nearby construction site where excavation work was being done," said Fire Chief John Esposito. According to him, the operation to cancel the consequences will last several days.
People may remain under the rubble; The search for them continues.
The mayor of New York, Zoharan Mamdani, confirmed information about the dead and injured as a result of the incident.